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Re: Pancakes !

a "savoury pancake", as discussed here, ranges from a sweet American style pancake with a savoury side-dish like bacon or sausage, to a French crȇpe-style thin pancake filled with savoury fillings such as meat, cheese or vegetables.Come now people, you've never heard of a pancake with savoury filling or side?Example: we had the greatest crȇpes in Madrid, called "crȇpes Catalan", filled with spinach, cheese, raisins, etc., in Amsterdam we had fantastic huge crȇpes filled with ham and cheese, egg, curry, all kinds of stuff! - so how come this is so strange to you?

Re: Pancakes !

As simple as it may sound a pancake was always just a pancake! Its the beauty of a forum like this. I remember being at a "pancake house" in Europe and being appaled at the fact you were even offered to eat them with anything but Canadian Bacon, maple syrup and sausages, with maybe eggs and a toasted english muffin with melted cheddar. A very typical Canadian pancake meal. Dont forget the coffee and milk seperate on the side.To me crepes are always filled with unique things. Maybe I'm confused crepes are always thin and easily rolled with goodies yes? Whereas pancakes (flapjacks) are thick round bready things covered in whatever your choice is. I've listed mine above.19 years later I'm now willing to be educated.

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I feel kinda cheated now. So savory pancakes describes the add ons? I was expecting something added into the mix! So i've been eating savoury pancakes weekly and not even knowing it? Man I feel silly! Thanks for the enlightening!

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Ha! DMfc, I especially like pancakes used almost like cannelloni, wrapped up around ricotta and spinach with tomato sauce over and baked for a little.But I do make savoury pancakes where herbs and grated cheese are added to the pancake mix, maybe a little chilli too, finely sliced spring onions and so on.And I think savoury pancakes reach their culinary heights with those southern Indian pancakes made from rice and urad dal (dosas) and have chilli, curry leaves and so on in them. O yum, I love them so much!

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dmfootycoach wrote:

I feel kinda cheated now. So savory pancakes describes the add ons? I was expecting something added into the mix! So i've been eating savoury pancakes weekly and not even knowing it? Man I feel silly! Thanks for the enlightening!

Not so silly...I recently made Okonomiyaki which is japanese savoury pancakes and the goodies are mixed in with the batter...well when I make them they are! Here they are on my blog:

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whitedog wrote:

Minerva, you are pulling our collective leg, no? Never had sausages or bacon and pancakes with maple syrup? Sweet and savory like turkey and cranberry sauce or curry and chutney, leg o lamb and mint jelly....barbeque sauce???!!! Its not that strange, and in US its traditional. The sausages or bacon are on the side, get just a little stickiness on their edges, or not if your careful.... it could be a whole new thing for you, maybe wait till your feeling calm and even bored might be a while.

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MsPablo wrote:

I regret that we didn't try fairy cakes and British pancakes on the short trips there. Next time we'll be sure to ask all of you what and where.

Min: I will always take a "Fairy cake"over a "Cupcake".............because it's the sponge cake that I like, not all that ghastly frou-frou (sugar/butter junk that i would have to scrape off before I could eat the cake) piled up on top...........a nice bit of simple lemon flavoured glace icing & a smartie on top, or a few jellytots, or even 1/2 a cherry & a bit of angelica. Lovely!

MsP: Some things I might add to American style pancakes and this would be a typical jet-lag dinner:- fresh squeezed orange juice, dash of Cointreau

Min: OJ/Cointreau combo works on our thinner pancakes too.

MsP: Flavored maple syrups: melt butter and maple syrup with: blueberries, strawberries, orange juice, blackberries. Using these helps cut down a bit on how much butter and syrup you need to use.

Min: I never feel the need to add butter to my pancakes. Because I use free-range eggs in the batter, adding butter gilds the lily........you can no longer taste the egg.

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